"negroid" meaning in English

See negroid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more negroid [comparative], most negroid [superlative]
Etymology: From negro + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|negro|oid}} negro + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} negroid (comparative more negroid, superlative most negroid)
  1. (anthropology, dated, offensive) Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world. Tags: dated, offensive Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (of the negroid race): négroïde (French), negrid (German), negroid (Swedish), นิกรอยด์ (ní-grɔɔi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-negroid-en-adj-EGMXS2VU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 16 41 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 56 44 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Negroid

Noun

Forms: negroids [plural]
Etymology: From negro + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|negro|oid}} negro + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} negroid (plural negroids)
  1. (anthropology, dated, offensive) A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin. Tags: dated, offensive Categories (topical): Anthropology Derived forms: groid, 'groid Related terms: negro, negress, Africanoid, Congoid Translations (a person with negroid characteristics): 尼格罗人种 (Nígéluó rénzhǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), negridi (Finnish), négroïde [feminine, masculine] (French), νεγροειδής (negroeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), негро́ид (negróid) [masculine] (Russian), negroid [common-gender] (Swedish), นิกรอยด์ (ní-grɔɔi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-negroid-en-noun-7gKNoKQJ Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 16 41 2 2 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Negroid

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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